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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE A13 WENNINGTON TO MAR DYKE ROAD IMPROVEMENT 1995 |
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Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Number of Pages: |
120 |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation of the A13 road corridor identified two sites of interest. In the vicinity of Ponds Farm, gravel deposits of Pleistocene origin were identified as stratigraphically equivalent to deposits at Sandy Lane that had previously produced two mammoth skeletons, and to other Thames terrace sites that had produced important Lower Palaeolithic artefact assemblages. No artefacts were found, but important environmental data was recovered. A small late pre-Roman Iron Age and early Roman farmstead of the 1st century AD was identified near Ship Lane. The site included the truncated remains of two round-houses, and a series of substantial settlement enclosure ditches. The local rectilinear landscape may well have originated in the Late Iron Age or early Roman period. The farmstead appeared to be uninhabited by the early 2nd century AD, but a renewed period of activity occurred in the first half of the 5th century, pottery and features being discovered. [Au(adp)] |
Author: |
David R Bridgland
Stuart Foreman
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Publisher: |
Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
Essex County Council
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Year of Publication: |
1996
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Locations: |
Site: |
A13 WENNINGTON MAR DYKE ROAD |
County: |
Greater London |
Parish: |
HAVERING |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Ship Lane |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Sandy Lane |
Grid Reference: 555400, 179900 (Easting, Northing)
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Grid Reference: 556800, 179500 (Easting, Northing)
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Date Of Issue From:
1996
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: A13 WENNINGTON TO MAR DYKE ROAD IMPROVEMENT Study area: Investigation type: Evaluation District: Thurrock UA Monument: DITCH. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Early Medieval (410-1066), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Bronze Age, DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Mesolithic, ENCLOSURE. Early Medieval (410-1066), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), HUT CIRCLE. Late Iron Ag Ngr: TQ55507990, TQ56607940 Parish: Postcode: RM154DU, RM154HQ
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Grey Literature Scanning projects
(Highways Agency)
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Created Date: |
30 Aug 2017 |